My story. My resume.
Hello WSO.
Big fan of the site. I have just recently come on board and was looking for a little help. I recently changed majors from pharmacy to finance at University of Houston. Currently, I am looking into getting into the energy sector. Ive taken on plenty of previous work experience and now I may have hit the Holy Grail of contacts and I need my resume to look very relevant and presentable to people very high up on the food chain.
I am posting my resume to get ANY type of feedback I can (good/bad/etc.). Said contact has offered to pass around my resume to people that im sure would take his word on many subjects so I want to be at 110% in presentation. At this point he is going to be using a lot of his contacts based mostly on the hard work he has seen out of me and my resume so its vital I get it right. Im very hungry to get into the field and I would welcome any advice/restructuring to my resume or how to go about myself when presenting it.
Thank you in advance,
Justin
I take it you are a bit older than the average college junior, yes? This might excuse a longer than 1 page resume, but generally speaking, students out of college should NEVER have a resume that is longer than 1 page...your situation might be different though. Also--you should probably pm monty09. hes an energy trader in texas and could likely provide the best insight on the matter.
Yes. I worked in various sides of pharmacy before wanting to pull the trigger in becoming a pharmacist. Then, after working in the business side by side with some I have changed my mind. Not even 110K will change it. Im currently 25 years old.
I will pm monty09 and see if I could run a few things by him. I appreciate the answer!
imho the 1 page rule still applies because the bulk of your experiences are not relevant..
I checked some resume sites and they all had a section regarding chages in major, etc. They all said to link what you have done in the past to the related work in the new field. That is what I attempted at least... Upon the first comments I can see where it probably should be under 1 page. I researched some other trader resume's and some were multi-page so I just tried to merge both ideas to make it work.
Gotta redo that thing man. I am 28, in an MBA program, had 4 yrs of work experience prior, and will be a summer associate at BB in Houston this summer and my resume is only a page. Unless you have 10 years of relevant work experience, a page is the max.
Lose that opening paragraph
Lose the key competencies
Incorporate career achievements and "demonstrated success record" (which isn't even proper phrasing) into a single professional section (i.e. under each position)
If you're still in school education should be at the top.
Lose "references available..."
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